Democrats push flag burning ban despite amendment push
House Democrats advance a bill to outlaw flag desecration with penalties up to a year in jail and fines. Republican leaders say only a constitutional amendment can counter the Supreme Court ruling, while a committee meeting proceeds amid splits on timing. Drug czar Bennett links urban disorder to crack and outlines a city-focused plan due by Sept. 6, highlighting crack as the harmful driver for violence and addiction.
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Washington
House
Supreme Court
House Judiciary Committee
James Sensenbrenner
R-Wis
William J. Ssennett
Bennett
Office of National Drug Control
Fragmented Aiken Standard text on postage box use
Local OCR reads a fragment from the Aiken Standard mentioning postage box use and a general reference to community notices. The readable portion provides no clear event, person, place, or date beyond the newspaper name and vague topics.
IRS Mindset Protects Wrongdoers in Investigation
Investigators Leonard Bernard and Richard Stann told a House subcommittee that the IRS criminal division shields misconduct to protect the agency's image. They cited improper involvement with informants and illegal use of travel funds, noting high level officials ignored wrongdoing in Washington and beyond.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
House
Leonard Bernard
Richard Stann
Government Operations Subcommittee
Commerce, Consumer and Monetary Affairs
Bernard and
Stana
Washington D.C
Re-enactments Stir Journalists on ABC World News Tonight
LOS ANGELES re-enactments of real-life events spark controversy in network news. ABC's World News Tonight aired a brief sim on Friday drawing criticism from veteran reporters including Sam Donaldson. Peter Jennings apologized for not labeling the segment as a simulation in the Tuesday broadcast.
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Los Angeles
ABC
Sam Donaldson
Peter Jennings
ABC News
U.S
Felix S. Bloch
Bloch
Nissan UAW campaigns heighten vote at Smyrna plant
UAW and Nissan urged 2400 Smyrna workers to vote on whether the plant becomes the first union shop owned by a Japanese automaker. The union aired radio ads citing high line speed and injuries, while Nissan disputed claims and faced a state fine over injury records.
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Nissan
UAW
Smyrna
Tenn
United Auto Workers
Maxey Irwin
Tennessee
House Debates Cuts to Stealth Bomber Program
Democratic House moves to slash the stealth bomber budget arguing high cost while Senate backs a $500 million B 2 bomber if it passes flight and radar tests. House considers three paths from saving $800 million to canceling the program after this year, with opposition to MX and Midgetman missiles and a call to propose a cheaper plan. Scowcroft warns cuts could weaken arms talks with Moscow and the Senate plans to resume debate on the defense bill.
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Washington
House
Senate
Bush
Armed Services Committee
White House
John Rowland
R-Conn
Air Force
Northrop Corp
Brent Scowcroft
Moscow
Scowcroft
No Hero in DC-10 Pilot Says After Sioux City Crash
United Airlines pilot Capt. Al Haynes told reporters there is no hero in the DC-10 crash of Flight 232 near Sioux City. He described a method of improvisation as the crew fought to keep the jet aloft and reach an airport, noting 185 survivors among 296 aboard and the loss of 111 lives.
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Sioux City
Iowa
United Airlines
al Haynes
Haynes
Sioux Gateway
United
Darlene
Seattle
Seattle-Tacoma International
Rob Doughty
Denver
Philadelphia
Chicago
al C. Haynes
United Armies
Mothers and fathers imprint genes in new finding
AR HARBOR Maine researchers at a Jackson Laboratory meeting report that genes may be imprinted differently by mothers and fathers. The pattern could explain many cancers and inherited diseases and challenges Mendel’s view that parent of origin does not matter.
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AR Harbor
Maine
Gregor Mendel
Former PTL Aides Convicted in Tax Evasion Case
CHARLOTTE N C Two PTL aides David and James Taggart were found guilty of evading 525000 in income taxes on 1.2 million taken from the ministry to buy condos furs jewelry and nearly 100000 in shoes. The brothers face up to 25 years and over 1 million in fines with a sentencing tentative for Aug 25.
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Charlotte
N.C
PTL
Ministry
Jim Bakker
David
James Taggart
Bakker
Richard Dortch
Ben Cotten
Cotten
David Brown
Taggart
Brown
David Taggart
James
Ethnic Russian Workers Walk Off Job In Estonia
Ethnic Russian workers at seven Tallinn plants walked off the job to protest legislation they deem discriminatory toward Estonia's ethnic majority. The walkout followed miners' strikes spreading from Ukraine to the Arctic, with authorities promising future measures and wage boosts amid a broad push for greater worker influence.
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Estonia
Moscow
Tallinn
Republic
Rahve Haal
Sovietskaya Estoniya
Communist Party
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Nikolai I. Ryzhkov
Yuri A. Bolderev
Donetsk
Coal Ministry
Ukraine
Tass
Supreme Soviet
Kremlin
Soviet Union
Viktor G. Kurcherenko
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Aiken Standard
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P.O
Aiken, S.C
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Ric SC
Anon Coy
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Senate Armed Services Committee
Hous
Thomas Foley
Rowland
Associated Press
Dudley Dvorak
Rport
Mergency
Arctic
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